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1954 Books
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Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,252,699 ratings — published 1954
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,196,647 ratings — published 1954
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,152,148 ratings — published 1954
The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
by (shelved 16 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.91 — 398,712 ratings — published 1954
I Am Legend (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.05 — 156,668 ratings — published 1954
The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)
by (shelved 10 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.54 — 740,061 ratings — published 1959
The Bad Seed (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.00 — 20,198 ratings — published 1954
Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.63 — 37,527 ratings — published 1954
Bonjour tristesse (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.74 — 76,319 ratings — published 1954
Twelve Angry Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.07 — 38,440 ratings — published 1954
Horton Hears a Who! (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.22 — 114,651 ratings — published 1954
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.90 — 76,792 ratings — published 1956
The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.19 — 113,761 ratings — published 1953
The Mandarins (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,562 ratings — published 1954
Mio, My Son (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.10 — 15,967 ratings — published 1954
The Dry Grass of August (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.92 — 24,242 ratings — published 2011
Under the Net (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.78 — 16,623 ratings — published 1954
Half Magic (Tales of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.95 — 38,571 ratings — published 1954
I Am Legend and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.00 — 137,187 ratings — published 1954
The Sound of Waves (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.77 — 24,883 ratings — published 1954
A Hell of a Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,926 ratings — published 1954
The Eagle of the Ninth (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.94 — 12,241 ratings — published 1954
Katherine (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.21 — 36,356 ratings — published 1954
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.14 — 10,688 ratings — published 1954
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.84 — 225,624 ratings — published 1951
Death in Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.90 — 621 ratings — published 1954
Lucky Jim (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.75 — 32,565 ratings — published 1954
I'm Not Stiller (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.02 — 5,976 ratings — published 1954
The Wheel on the School (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.97 — 13,342 ratings — published 1954
Sweet Thursday (Cannery Row, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.12 — 20,000 ratings — published 1954
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,064,567 ratings — published 1955
More Peanuts (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.14 — 237 ratings — published 1954
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.81 — 3,381 ratings — published 1954
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.29 — 18,142 ratings — published 1953
Not As a Stranger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.86 — 311 ratings — published 1954
Spring Night (Green Integer)
by (shelved 2 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.59 — 477 ratings — published 1954
Poemas y antipoemas (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,233 ratings — published 1954
A Stillness at Appomattox (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,678 ratings — published 1951
The Dream of Heroes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.91 — 2,518 ratings — published 1954
Haus ohne Hüter (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.97 — 963 ratings — published 1954
A Spy in the House of Love (Cities of the Interior, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.73 — 12,959 ratings — published 1954
The Nothing Man (Mulholland Classic)
by (shelved 2 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.78 — 1,245 ratings — published 1954
The Unknown Soldier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as 1954)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,581 ratings — published 1954
The Bird's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.73 — 8,313 ratings — published 1954
The Blunderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1954)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,618 ratings — published 1954
“Komandoo Nicolas Kahima Kankiriho ('Kahima the Warrior') alizaliwa katika Wilaya ya Bushenyi, Ankole, kusini-magharibi mwa Uganda, Julai 24, 1954, mtoto wa tano kuzaliwa, katika familia ya watoto sita ya Nicodemas Kankiriho; mzee wa heshima wa Wabaima, aliyekuwa akisifika sana kwa uchungaji (wa mifugo) na msisitizo mkali wa ukiristo kwa watoto wake wote; hasa Kahima na Yebare, binti yake wa pekee, aliyekuwa wa mwisho kuzaliwa.
Kahima (futi 6 inchi 3 aliyekuwa akiongea Kinyankole, Kiswahili, Kiingereza na Kihispania kwa ufasaha), baada ya kutoka Uganda – kwa mafunzo ya mwanzo ya ukomandoo ya Kiisraeli – alikwenda Urusi na Korea ya Kaskazini ambako aliongeza ujuzi hadi kiwango cha juu kabisa; kabla ya kwenda Amerika ya Kusini, kama askari wa msituni wa vyama vya kisiasa visivyo rasmi vya magorila wa Kolombia.
Akiwa Kolombia, Kahima alikutana na Eduardo Chapa de Christopher (kiongozi wa zamani wa Kateli ya Diablos de Amazonas, Mashetani wa Amazoni, iliyokuwa ikivilinda vyama vya kisiasa vya magorila vya Americas) ambaye alimwajiri kama mlinzi binafsi na baadaye kama mlinzi binafsi wa Carlos Pulecio Alcántara – kiongozi wa kwanza wa Kateli ya Kolonia Santita. Alcántara alipouwawa, Kahima alihamia kwa Panthera Tigrisi – Kiongozi Mkuu wa Kolonia Santita.”
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Kahima (futi 6 inchi 3 aliyekuwa akiongea Kinyankole, Kiswahili, Kiingereza na Kihispania kwa ufasaha), baada ya kutoka Uganda – kwa mafunzo ya mwanzo ya ukomandoo ya Kiisraeli – alikwenda Urusi na Korea ya Kaskazini ambako aliongeza ujuzi hadi kiwango cha juu kabisa; kabla ya kwenda Amerika ya Kusini, kama askari wa msituni wa vyama vya kisiasa visivyo rasmi vya magorila wa Kolombia.
Akiwa Kolombia, Kahima alikutana na Eduardo Chapa de Christopher (kiongozi wa zamani wa Kateli ya Diablos de Amazonas, Mashetani wa Amazoni, iliyokuwa ikivilinda vyama vya kisiasa vya magorila vya Americas) ambaye alimwajiri kama mlinzi binafsi na baadaye kama mlinzi binafsi wa Carlos Pulecio Alcántara – kiongozi wa kwanza wa Kateli ya Kolonia Santita. Alcántara alipouwawa, Kahima alihamia kwa Panthera Tigrisi – Kiongozi Mkuu wa Kolonia Santita.”
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“To celebrate the Russian/Ukrainian partnership, in 1954 the 300th anniversary of the Pereiaslav Treaty was marked throughout the Soviet Union in an unusually grandiose manner. In addition to numerous festivities, myriad publications, and countless speeches, the Central Committee of the all-union party even issued thirteen "thesis", which argued the irreversibility of the "everlasting union" of the Ukrainians and the Russians: "The experience of history has shown that the way of fraternal union and alliance chosen by the Russians and Ukrainians was the only true way. The union of two great Slavic peoples multiplied their strength in the common struggle against all external foes, against serf owners and the bourgeoisie, again tsarism and capitalist slavery. The unshakeable friendship of the Russian and Ukrainian peoples has grown and strengthened in this struggle." To emphasize the point that the union with Moscow brought the Ukrainians great benefits, the Pereiaslav anniversary was crowned by the Russian republic's ceding of Crimea to Ukraine "as a token of friendship of the Russian people."
But the "gift" of the Crimea was far less altruistic than it seemed. First, because the peninsula was the historic homeland of the Crimean Tatars whom Stalin had expelled during the Second World War, the Russians did not have the moral right to give it away nor did the Ukrainians have the right to accept it. Second, because of its proximity and economic dependence on Ukraine, the Crimea's links with Ukraine were naturally greater than with Russia. Finally, the annexation of the Crimea saddled Ukraine with economic and political problems. The deportation of the Tatars in 1944 had created economic chaos in the region and it was Kiev's budget that had to make up loses. More important was the fact that, according to the 1959 census, about 860,000 Russians and only 260,000 Ukrainians lived in the Crimea. Although Kiev attempted to bring more Ukrainians into the region after 1954, the Russians, many of whom were especially adamant in rejecting any form of Ukrainization, remained the overwhelming majority. As a result, the Crimean "gift" increased considerably the number of Russians in the Ukrainian republic. In this regard, it certainly was an appropriate way of marking the Pereiaslav Treaty.”
― Ukraine: A History
But the "gift" of the Crimea was far less altruistic than it seemed. First, because the peninsula was the historic homeland of the Crimean Tatars whom Stalin had expelled during the Second World War, the Russians did not have the moral right to give it away nor did the Ukrainians have the right to accept it. Second, because of its proximity and economic dependence on Ukraine, the Crimea's links with Ukraine were naturally greater than with Russia. Finally, the annexation of the Crimea saddled Ukraine with economic and political problems. The deportation of the Tatars in 1944 had created economic chaos in the region and it was Kiev's budget that had to make up loses. More important was the fact that, according to the 1959 census, about 860,000 Russians and only 260,000 Ukrainians lived in the Crimea. Although Kiev attempted to bring more Ukrainians into the region after 1954, the Russians, many of whom were especially adamant in rejecting any form of Ukrainization, remained the overwhelming majority. As a result, the Crimean "gift" increased considerably the number of Russians in the Ukrainian republic. In this regard, it certainly was an appropriate way of marking the Pereiaslav Treaty.”
― Ukraine: A History
